Paediatric Nursing

This book has been designed to provide a compact state of the art resource for graduate and postgraduate nursing students, clinical nurses, nurse practitioners and clinicians. It presents a balanced and objective description of socioeconomic and clinical problems of children and their remedies. The book describes the concepts, principles, theories, assessing and measuring of growth and development from newborn to adolescent period.

Chapter 1 Price: 2.99

The concepts of growth and development are
fundamental to the practice of paediatric nursing.
Throughout the periods of child development, major
milestones are accomplished. For each of these
development periods, important aspects of care
involving such topics as nutrition, language, safety and
discipline must be addressed.

Chapter 2 Price: 2.99

Health assessment includes a discussion of growth
pattern and nutrition as well as an examination of body
systems. Our first task is to establish a good rapport
with the child and his parents. When you talk to the
child, you should show the empathy, understanding
and use appropriate language according to the age.
Children who comes to the hospital or clinic are
frightened at first, then you play with the children for
a while so that they may become calm and fearful. So
nurses consider using toys or other play materials to
communicate with the child. Before examining the child
talk to him about toys, hobbies, pets or other subjects
he is interested in and encourage his friendship with
compliments.

Chapter 4 Price: 2.99

Many congenital abnormalities can nowadays be
treated surgically. A list of the more common types is
of interest and some knowledge of them may lead to
keener observation even in a maternity, neonatal ward
or medical paediatric ward.

Chapter 5 Price: 2.99

Chapter 6 Price: 2.99

After the umbilical cord has been cut, the newborn
must quickly adapt to receive oxygen from the lungs.
The transition from foetal to pulmonary circulation
occurs in just a few hours. During foetal circulation,
the constricted pulmonary vessels limit blood flow
to the lungs (high pulmonary vascular resistance).
Blood, however, flows easily to the extremities because
systemic vascular resistance is low. The foramen ovule,
an opening between the atria in the foetal heart, allows
blood to flow from the right to the left atrium. Systemic
vascular resistance increases after the umbilical cord is
cut, causing a backup of blood flow. The pressure in the
left side of the heart increases stimulating closure of
the foramen ovule. Once breathing has been initiated,
the lungs expand and pulmonary vascular resistance
falls. Blood that was previously shunted through the
ductus arteriosus to the aorta flows to the lungs.